Torie Comeaux Plowden, MD/MPH, FACOG is double board certified in obstetrics/gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI). She has clinical interests in fibroids, infertility and sexual health and is active in clinical and epidemiological research.

She completed residency at Tripler Army Medical Center and an REI fellowship at NIH. Dr. Plowden has over 40 publications in peer reviewed journals and is an Associate Professor in Ob/Gyn at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. In June 2021, she completed her tenure as Chief of the Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics Department at Womack Army Medical Center in North Carolina transitioned back to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland where she serves as the Director of the REI Division and Deputy Department Chief. In July 2022 she took over as the Interim Fellowship Director of the NIH's REI program, which is the largest REI fellowship in the country.

Dr. Ring is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, and serves on the faculty of their Masters in Medical Education program.

Dr. Plowden is very active in multiple national medical organizations. Within ASRM, she has previously served a Chair of the Health Disparities SIG and was selected for ASRM's DEI Taskforce. Currently, she is the Chair Elect for the Access to Care SIG and is a member of the DEI Committee. She also serves on the newly established SREI Women in Medicine Taskforce. Dr. Plowden is the co-chair of the AMWA National Physician (In)fertility Initiative. This project recently received an award from Resolve. Additionally, she serves on national committees in ACOG, ABOG and NMA. In her role in the Defense Health Agency, she helps set policy to ensure active duty service women can appropriately access care including contraception and infertility services. She is the Chair of the Military Health System’s Council for Female Physician Recruitment and Retention.

She is the Associate Editor of Health Disparities, Diversity and Access to Care for Fertility &Sterility Reports. In Spring 2022, she edited a special issue of F&S Reports entitled "Reimaging Reproductive Health: Eliminating Disparate Care, Disparate Access and Disparate Outcomes." She is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and has served for over 17 years, including a deployment to Kuwait in 2022 and another to Germany in 2017.

In addition to her professional obligations, Dr. Plowden is heavily involved in community service and has been awarded the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal twice.